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Dramatic black and white images of famous actresses from the silent film era, displaying fashionable attire and striking poses.

Actress Dorothy Gish, Fashion Portrait, Bain News Service, 1921

Eva Braun's Photo Albums, ca. 1913 - ca. 1944. These albums are attributed to Eva Braun (four are claimed by her friend Herta Schneider, nee Ostermeyer) and document her life from ca. 1913 to 1944. There are many photographs of Eva, her sisters and their children, Herta Schneider and her children, as well as photographs of Eva's vacations, family members and friends. Included also are photographs taken by and of Eva Braun at Hitler's chalet Berghof (or Kehlstein), photographs of Hitler and his entourage, visitors to Berghof and the scenery around Berchtesgaden, and some studio portraits of Eva and members of her family.

LUCILLE BALL in ROMAN SCANDALS (1933), directed by FRANK TUTTLE.

MARLENE DIETRICH in THE FLAME OF NEW ORLEANS (1941), directed by RENE CLAIR.

JEAN HARLOW.

JOAN BENNETT.

The Duke Entertains The Stars - Janet Leigh at the Washington hotel, curzon street, before she went to the Duke's party at the empress hall. Her ruby velvet dress with embroidered collar was specially designer for her by Don Loper. Miss Leigh had a busy evening because before going to the party she took part in the B.B.C. Programme," in town tonight". Last night H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh gave a party fur stars taking part in tomorrow's "Midnight matinee" that will be given in support of the national playing fields association. December 9, 1951. (Photo by Paul Popper Ltd.).

JEAN HARLOW.

BETTE DAVIS. 1935.

OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND in THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938), directed by MICHAEL CURTIZ and WILLIAM KEIGHLEY.

Miss T Craig gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives

Portrait of Mae Murray, Ross Verlag, 1910 - 1940 photograph unknown photographic support gelatin silver print

Tamara Grigorieva. December 10, 1940.

ANN SHERIDAN in THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS (1943), directed by DAVID BUTLER.

Jacoby as "Stephano"

BETTY COMPSON.

LORETTA YOUNG in HALF ANGEL (1951), directed by RICHARD SALE.

DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS and LUPE VELEZ in THE GAUCHO (1927), directed by F. RICHARD JONES.

Anefo photo collection. Eurovision Song Contest 1962 in Luxembourg, for Germany Conny FROBOES. March 18, 1962. Luxembourg

LOUISE BROOKS. 1928.

12/31/1929. Josephine Baker "a woman an Age." French singer posing full length.

Dorothy Lamour (1914 -1996) American film actress. Plays Marama in 'The Hurricane' 1937 Date: 1938

Sophia Loren, 1962.

BARBARA STANWYCK in BALL OF FIRE (1941), directed by HOWARD HAWKS.

THEDA BARA in CLEOPATRA (1917), directed by J. GORDON EDWARDS.

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Queen Juliana. 1959

Clara Bow in the 20's

The "Open Sesame" ball at the Dorchester, Park Lane, London, W. In aid of the free animal clinic Administered by the Headquarters of the Royal Society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, attended by H.R.H. The Duchess of Gloucester.The Duchess of Gloucester receives a bouquet on arrival. April 15, 1937. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited).

GRETA GARBO in CAMILLE (1936), directed by GEORGE CUKOR.

MARION DAVIES in BLONDIE OF THE FOLLIES (1932), directed by EDMUND GOULDING.

Dame Margot Fonteyn de Arias 1919 - 1991 British prima ballerina assoluta From the book Footnotes to The Ballet published 1938

MARION DAVIES in QUALITY STREET (1927), directed by SIDNEY FRANKLIN.

Gene Tierney. September 22, 1953.

SARA MONTIEL in LA VIOLETERA (1958).

CLARA BOW in RED HAIR (1928), directed by CLARENCE G. BADGER.

12/31/1963. Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison in "My Fair Lady".

CATHERINE HESSLING in NANA (1926), directed by JEAN RENOIR.

AVA GARDNER. 1950.

CAROL LYNLEY in HARLOW (1965), directed by ALEX SEGAL.

MARY CARLISLE.

CLAUDETTE COLBERT in CLEOPATRA (1934), directed by CECIL B DEMILLE.

Bridesmaid; inscribed 'Miss Joan Samuels' Nitrate negatives, gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraits

RITA HAYWORTH in COVER GIRL (1944), directed by CHARLES VIDOR.

Anthony Bushell - Producer. ***** Of The King" Starring Cicely Courtneidge. August 14, 1933.

JOAN BENNETT in MISSISSIPPI (1935), directed by A. EDWARD SUTHERLAND.

AUDREY HEPBURN in LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON (1957), directed by BILLY WILDER.

Hu Die (1907-1989) had a career as a film actress from the late 1920s to the 1960s. She had her most brilliant period in the 1930s and the 1940s. Early in the 1930s, she played the leading role in China's first sound film, The Singsong Girl, in which she portrays a kindhearted but somewhat ignorant woman who endures her husband's mistreatment and oppression without the slightest resistance. In The River Flows Rampant, the first film made by left-wing dramatists, she plays the role of Xiujuan, a woman who is filled with the spirit of resistance and has a rich inner world in her heart. Her performance won favorable comments. Hu Die played a full spectrum of characters, including a maidservant, a loving mother, a woman school teacher, an actress, a prostitute, a dancing girl, the daughter of a rich family, a laboring woman, and a factory worker. She had attractive, unconventional qualities, and her performances were gentle, honest, refined and sweet. Audiences call her a film queen. Hu Di

JEAN ARTHUR. 1926.

New York, New York: April 24, 1925 Claire Luce, star dancer of the Music Box Revue, is one of the early birds in the WOR radio gym class.

Lady Dugan. July 31, 1939.

Indian, bollywood actress, neetu singh, india, asia India Copyright: xSolaris/DinodiaxPhotox

Mildred Tillotson

A photographic portrait of actress Vivien Leigh 'surrealised' into the figure of Aurora, Goddess of Dawn. Angus McBean (1904-1990), began his career in the theatre making masks and designing sets. He took an interest in photography from an early age and from the early 1930s took it up as a profession after a stint as a window dresser in the department store, Liberty's. McBean's work was famous for being surreal and experimental, with work frequently featured in TheTatler and Bystander and Th

INGRID BERGMAN in INDISCREET (1958), directed by STANLEY DONEN.

GRETA GARBO in TWO-FACED WOMAN (1941), directed by GEORGE CUKOR.

Mrs Gladstone Clark gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives

GREER GARSON in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (1940), directed by ROBERT Z. LEONARD.

EDWIGE FEUILLERE in DE MAYERLING A SARAJEVO (1940), directed by MAX OPHÜLS.

Maureen Kistle. November 11, 1955. (Photo by The Telegraph Feature Service Brisbane).

Miss S Parker gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives

Lady C. Stewart Richardson

JEAN HARLOW.

Elsevier photo collection. soprano Els Bolkestein j.l. performance London, leading role well-known opera "Zauberflöte" sings premiered Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam Thursday evening 17 December. Els Bolkestein Pamina, left Bariton Henk Smit Papagueno. December 16, 1964. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

MAUREEN O'HARA.

Actress Miss Maud Jefferies as Virginia in 'Virginius'. Date: 1895

Karen Black, on-set of the film, "The Day Of The Locust", Paramount Pictures, 1975

Rose Pitonof

Argentina film star Tilda Thamar in London from Paris to make her first film in England. Known in America as the "Atomic Bombshell", she is a fluent linguist, speaking five languages. Before going into films she was a teacher of painting and design in Buenos Aires. March 25, 1954. (Photo by Daily Mirror).

11/11/1931. Celia Gámez when she made El "Pichi" popular.

LUCILLE BALL in DU BARRY WAS A LADY (1943), directed by ROY DEL RUTH.

DOROTHY MCGUIRE in THIS EARTH IS MINE (1959), directed by HENRY KING.

Julie andrews, 80s

CLAUDETTE COLBERT in CLEOPATRA (1934), directed by CECIL B DEMILLE.

RITA HAYWORTH.

Sophie Desmarets, woman, actress, celebrity, entertainment, historical,

KATHLEEN HARRISON in THE GHOST TRAIN (1941), directed by WALTER FORDE.

MYRNA LOY.

JANE RUSSELL in THE REVOLT OF MAMIE STOVER (1956), directed by RAOUL WALSH.

LOUISE BROOKS in MISS EUROPE (1930) -Original title: PRIX DE BEAUTE-, directed by AUGUSTO GENINA.

12/31/1928. Raquel Meller, Cupletist.

FRANCES DEE.

Anefo photo collection. Eurovision Song Contest 1962 in Luxembourg, for Austria Eleonore Schwarz. March 18, 1962. Luxembourg

Helen Hayes Actress (1900-1993)

Gloria Swanson in the 20's,

Women in mens fashion in the 1930s. Swedish actress AnnaLisa Ericson, 1913-2011. Pictures in stage costume at Stora Teatern in Gothenburg 1935

OLYMPE BRADNA.

GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA in BEAT THE DEVIL (1953), directed by JOHN HUSTON.

Marion Davies in "Peg O' My Heart" with Juliette Comption, Irene Brown, Alan Mowbray, Onslow Steven, J. Farrell MacDonald Tyrrell Davis. Directed by Robert Z. Leonard A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Production. July 29, 1933.

Today's Picture by Wire from Paris.Masked Duchess. He Duchess of Windsor Wearing a Mask, ***** picture here at the Ball given by ***** Maxwell, socialite, famous for her Laborate Parties, in Paris last night June 9. June 10, 1952. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Constance Collier in "The Perils of Pauline".Constance Collier dies, aged 77. April 26, 1955.

Michel Serrault, Half-Length Portrait, on-set of the Film, "La Cage Aux Folles II", United Artists, 1981

Photograph of Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992) German actress and singer. Dated 1931

America's New Beauty Queen -- Yolande Betbeze, Miss America of 1951, is crowned by her predecessor, Jacque Mercer, of Phoenix, Ariz., here last night at the conclusion of the Miss America pageant. The new Miss America, who is 21 years old, is from Mobile, Ala., and she entered the contest as Miss Alabama. September 10, 1950. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Rudolph Valentino (1895-1926), Italian actor, c1920s. Artist: Unknown

ROBERT MITCHUM and JANE GREER in OUT OF THE PAST (1947), directed by JACQUES TOURNEUR.

JEAN HARLOW in DINNER AT EIGHT (1933), directed by GEORGE CUKOR.

Bette Davis (April 5, 1908 October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television and theater.

Duchess of Windsor at a masked ball. June 09, 1952. (Photo by Associated Press)

Carmen Amaya (1913-1963). Bailarina de familia gitana, nacida en Barcelona (Somorrostro).

Madrid, 1/10/1981. The actress and singer Sara Montiel in her show Doña Sara de la Mancha, premiered at the La Latina theater.

Ruan Lingyu (April 26, 1910 - March 8, 1935), born Ruan Fenggen), was a Chinese silent film actress. One of the most prominent Chinese film stars of the 1930s, her tragic suicide at the age of 24 led her to become an icon of Chinese cinema. Her funeral procession was reportedly three miles long, with three women committing suicide during the event.

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